Treefest funding

We are delighted to announce that your fabulous fundraising efforts have meant we were able to support an amazing event today. TreeFest is a mini music and creative arts festival for the children and families that East Anglian Children’s Hospices (EACH) care for in Suffolk and North Essex. It is an opportunity to go to a festival that is completely accessible and tailored to meet a wide range of needs. We were invited to go along and to see how it had all been put together. Ray Travasso, Music Therapist at EACH, showed us around and introduced us to a number of the musical acts performing at TreeFest. These included The Stowmarket Strummers, a local ukelele band, who give up their time for free to play at EACH events. It was very interesting to be introduced to just some of the ‘junk’ instruments brought along by The Junk Orchestra. We got to hear the ‘fire extinguisherphone’, which was surprisingly tuneful. The ‘flipflopaphone’ was also played for us, and yes, flip flops were part of the instrument!
Jess would have loved today’s TreeFest, and would have been keen to have a go at playing all the instruments. It was lovely to see the children and families having fun listening to the bands and interacting with the instruments.
We know first hand just how much of an impact music can have on well-being and we have big plans to support music therapy at the hospitals and hospices that helped Jess through treatments. But, we can’t do this without your help. Our own music festival, JessFest, in celebration of Jess’ life and to raise funds for Jess Grant Celebration is approaching. Please get your tickets on the Events page.
Thank you x